Hi Paul, Steve here in Ukraine but from USA. How are you? Good advice> Where are you living in the old continent? Are you from there? Thanks and have a...
Good Morning everyone! Although it seems like we're running through the Steps, keep in mind that in this chapter alone we cover steps 5 through 10 -- a mere 16...
Hi All For some reasom I got Steves post yesterday only private - so I answered only private. When it´s today "on board" I´ll answer also here. Hope I´m not...
Good Morning! Page 85, Paragraph 1 - While we have recovered from alcoholism:"We are not cured of alcoholism. What we really have is a daily reprieve...
Dear Group, Thank you for working the program. I have been blessed with seven years of relief. I have not worked steps past five. I am very sick too. I need...
Georgia, You have been blessed to have 7 years. That's a blessing in itself I just celebrated 1 year on the 11 of oct. And with the little time I have I feel...
Georgia , If you knew why you stopped working the steps ,perhaps there'd be a clue as to the whys and wherefores . As it is ,you have the most important news...
Georgia, I was in a similar situation for more than 7 years. Sometimes , we just don't get to hear the correct message. I did get close to HP though but...
Trish and gang, Doing a detox position 'happened' to me last year too .I too wasnt confident in putting my sobriety position clearly either .I wasnt confident...
Good morning everyone! We're at Page 86, paragraph 2: "On awakening let us think about the twenty-four hours ahead. ... we ask God to direct our thinking,...
Group, Thank you for the help. I will work on keeping it simple, I will read pg 75, and I will continue to trust my God. Wow Thank You, Georgia Have a great...
Frank wrote: "I wasn't confident and lacked the knowhow to pass on the message ." For the first six months of my sobriety I was doing the12 Steps off the wall ...
Exactly . I wanted to not rock the boat .I didnt want to do anything that wasnt being said or done around the group .They had their way ,I was new ,and that...
Good morning everyone!Chapter 7 starts on page 89. It is dedicated in its entirety to Step 12. "Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps,...
Those who NEED AA in Houston , Tx fill the Reliant Stadium --------88,000 Those who WANT AA in Houston fill Toyota Center ---------18,000 the most important...
Awesome Piper Steve! So I moved from TX to Jersey where it is like two seperate worlds. I have been told I do AA wrong since I just go to meetings, sponsor...
Kristie , You appear to be embracing all the necessary things to ensure good sobriety and a spiritual experience .Cant be much wrong there .The rest is...
Good morning everyone! (Wednesday Post)Let's go to page 100, last paragraph-"Assuming we are spiritually fit, we can do all sorts of things alcoholics are not...
Good morning everyone! Most of the comments on this chapter were written by my friend and co-moderator Karen-"Chapter 8 - To Wives" begins on page 104. There...
you can remove yourself by editing your membership from the group's home page. Janie Kelly Larmon <klarmon@...> wrote: I have requested over 4 times to...
"Today Karen gets up early -- around 4:30 am: "I take my dogs for a brisk walk in the peaceful darkness around my neighborhood, and take advantage of that time...
Good Morning all! Today we will begin on page 122 - "The Family Afterward." The dynamics of a family that has endured alcoholism are skewed to the point where...
Love Will Conquer There is no difficulty that enough love will not conquer; no disease that enough love will not heal; no door that enough love will not...
Good Morning everyone! We're at page 128 of Chapter 9 - "The Family Afterward." The reading from here through the bottom of page 130 centers on, for lack of a...
Good morning everyone! Chapter 10 - To Employers begins on page 136. This chapter was written by Hank Parkhurst. Hank was one of the early New York members and...
Good Morning !We are beginning at the bottom of page 145. Reading through to page 148, there are many ideas that have been adopted by industry in general...
Hank Parkhurst, as Ebby Thacher, have always both been my AA heroes, though neither of them stayed continually sober. Hank's gifts to AA include his...